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The Muslim population is concentrated in northern Ghana and in Zongo communities scattered across the country. Zongo communities are settlements predominated by immigrants from Sahelian areas of West Africa (Mandinka, Soninke, Hausa, Songhai, Fulani, etc.) who have adopted Hausa language as a lingua franca.
The Akan peoples mostly have seven Abusua (Matrilineal clans/tribes) in each state. They do not have the same names in each state but each has an equivalent clan (e.g. in Fante areas along the coast, the Asante clan of Oyoko is referred to as Dehyena or Yokofo).
Akan (Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Bono, Coromantee, Fante, Kwahu, Wassa, Sefwi) The Asante, also known as Ashanti in English (/ əˈʃɑːntiː / ⓘ), are part of the Akan ethnic group and are native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana. Asantes are the last group to emerge out of the various Akan civilisations.
17 kwi 2023 · There are six major ethnic groups in Ghana's population. They are the Akan, the Mole-Dagbon, the Ewe, the Ga-Dangme, the Gurma and the Guan. These ethnic groups are further subdivided into more than 60 smaller ones. Read also.
13 mar 2018 · Islam is the state region. The important festivals observed by the Dagombas include Damba, Bugum, and the Islamic festivals. Ewe people are located in Togo and the Volta Region of Ghana. They account for 13.9% of the Ghanaian population and speak the Ewe language.
18 lut 2017 · Muslims in the southern regions of Ghana are mostly African Muslims who were brought here during British colonial rule from the late 19th century onward. The Kotokoli, Chamba and Basile tribes from Benin, Hausa, Fulani and Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, the Moshi of Niger and Muslims of other ethnicities who came from Burkina Faso and Mali became ...
Islam in Ghana: It is known that the Arabs in the eighth century A.D. had reached North Africa and spread Islam there. They made several attempts to conquer Ghana. ... Most of the members of these tribes became Muslims and were keen to invite scholars and callers to Allaah from the northern areas to teach them Islam. At the same time, Islam ...
